Do the Myanmar Junta’s New ‘Peace-Making Committees’ Stand Any Chance of Success? Forging a sustainable nationwide peace was elusive before. It’s even more difficult in the midst of the current crisis. By March 04, 2021 A vista of the border region between Myanmar and China’s Yunnan province. Credit: Flickr/David and Jessie Cowhig Advertisement Shortly after seizing power on February 1, the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, immediately reconfigured the committee tasked with negotiating an end to the country’s raft of ethnic conflicts. The new committee comprised seven lieutenant generals led by Lt. Gen. Yar Pyae. A week later, the coup regime formed an interim government called the State Administration Council (SAC), comprising 16 members – eight military generals and another eight handpicked officials.